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Smoking policy: YesSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Rates vary by season.Rates are seasonal-call the motel for prices.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Two: Monday, April 22 - Savannah's Historical Splendor

Breakfast: Continental breakfast

Morning: Morning lecture on the history of Savannah. Discuss the fascinating aspects of Savannah's history that shaped Southern culture.

Lunch: Lunch at a local Southern restaurant for a taste of the South!

Afternoon: Take a lesson in Savannah's history and architecture by visiting Savannah's first free public school-Massie Heritage Center. View the only three-dimensional model of Savannah's Landmark Historic District. Afterwards, relax as our professional guide paints a fascinating picture of the Historic District while visiting the charming squares known as grassy utopias.

Dinner: Catered dinner at hotel.

Evening: Evening options change weekly but may include discussion of Savannah's notable people and places.

Smoking policy: YesSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Rates vary by season.Rates are seasonal-call the motel for prices.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Three: Tuesday, April 23 - Savannah's Historical Splendor

Breakfast: Continental breakfast

Morning: Visit with General James Oglethorpe-from the pages of journals, diaries, and letters of that time period, General Oglethorpe comes to life and relays the first years of the "Georgia Experiment."

Lunch: Lunch in the Historic District at a local restaurant

Afternoon: Accompanied by a local historian, visit the Davenport house,slated to be demolished in 1955. However, a group of seven determined civic-minded ladies formed the Historic Savannah Foundation which purchased the home and saved it and many other homes from destruction. Beautiful sites in the city will give personal experiences and a true sense of Savannah's long journey!

Smoking policy: YesSmoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Rates vary by season.Rates are seasonal-call the motel for prices.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Five: Thursday, April 25 - Savannah's Wormsloe Plantation

Breakfast: Continental breakfast

Morning: Lecture-continue to discuss Savannah's past and present. Her people are as vibrant today as they were during Georgia's earliest settlement.

Lunch: Catered lunch at hotel

Afternoon: Experience three centuries in one place-Colonial Wormsloe! The picturesque roadway leading though the property is lined with more than 400 live oak trees leading the way to the colonial estate of Noble Jones. Jones was among the first group of setters to arrive from England with General James Oglethorpe. Wormsloe's tabby ruins are the oldest standing structures in Savannah.

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